2 thoughts on “Eiko Shimamiya – Kyuudou no Hito -remix-”

I don’t know if it matters seven years later, but I might know the meaning of the song, or at least what I get from reading this(which doesn’t make me very happy). From what I get from it, it’s kind of anti-religious, or at least pleading to people of faith (such as myself). Which religion isn’t said, but that’s my take. I’m Christian, so I interpret it as one. It seems like it’s saying people of faith stick to themselves basking in “baseless” tranquility. They tell her to cast off her burdens because she’ll be better off like she doesn’t already know that. They’re (supposedly) better than she who is still looking for the truth, so they should stop isolating themselves from her and take up her burdens with her. She’s lower then them, but she’s closer to the people around her and shares with them. Then she seems to be talking about God closing himself off from the world and pondering it’s destruction. Then she says, “If you’re really supposed to be like him, come help me. I want you to comfort me like a baby.” Really sad stuff. I’m kind of worried for her if she has this mindset, but also kind of sad regarding the kinds of people she would’ve had to meet to come to that.

This seems appropriate: “If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?” James 2:16

I made this translation when I was still inexperienced, and it turns out there was at least one pretty big error: for the first chorus I wrote “[…] should exit isolation”, when in fact the intended meaning was closer to “maintain isolation” – as in distance oneself from the material world and walk the path of one’s beliefs. In retrospect, the ideas of an earthly existence to transcend and baggage to cut off seem pretty Buddhist to me, but I feel the general message is directed more at humans who might take those religious ideas to misguided places and abandon the true (emotional?) needs of the masses.

I eventually plan to overhaul all of these old posts, so I’m sorry for any distortions I’ve made, but at any rate, thanks for sharing your thoughts – always interesting to see how deeply other people explore songs in ways I might not.